Special counsel’s memo says former Trump campaign chief lied after agreeing to a plea deal, including about his contact with the administration

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CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin breaks down the documents.”},{“title”:”Substantial jail time recommended for Cohen “,”duration”:”01:39″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com/”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/07/michael-cohen-substantial-imprisonment-prokupecz-lead-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/07/michael-cohen-substantial-imprisonment-prokupecz-lead-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181207165138-02-michael-cohen-1206-file-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/07/michael-cohen-substantial-imprisonment-prokupecz-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Federal prosecutors requested that the court impose \”a substantial term of imprisonment\” for Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen who, in August, pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes.”,”descriptionText”:”Federal prosecutors requested that the court impose \”a substantial term of imprisonment\” for Donald Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen who, in August, pleaded guilty to eight federal crimes.”},{“title”:”Comey: Trump attacks on FBI ‘deeply troubling'”,”duration”:”02:12″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/07/james-comey-capitol-hill-sot-vpx-lead.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/07/james-comey-capitol-hill-sot-vpx-lead.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181207165751-comey-12-7-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/07/james-comey-capitol-hill-sot-vpx-lead.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Former FBI Director James Comey addresses the media after a closed door meeting on Capitol Hill.”,”descriptionText”:”Former FBI Director James Comey addresses the media after a closed door meeting on Capitol Hill.”},{“title”:”Speier: Kushner, Trump Jr. may face subpoenas”,”duration”:”02:36″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”http://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/07/jackie-speier-subpeona-kushner-trump-jr-sot-brianna-keilar-crn-vpx.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/07/jackie-speier-subpeona-kushner-trump-jr-sot-brianna-keilar-crn-vpx.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/180302121601-17-jared-kushner-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/07/jackie-speier-subpeona-kushner-trump-jr-sot-brianna-keilar-crn-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) tells CNN’s \u003ca href=\”http://www.cnn.com/profiles/brianna-keilar-profile\” target=\”_blank\”>Brianna Keilar\u003c/a> that both Jared Kushner and Donald Trump Jr. may be subpoenaed to testify if they do not do so voluntarily.”,”descriptionText”:”Rep. 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pushed hardline immigration policies and vilified undocumented immigrants, his private club in New Jersey has employed people who managers allegedly knew were in the country illegally, The New York Times reported Thursday.”},{“title”:”Tillerson says Trump was ‘pretty undisciplined'”,”duration”:”01:14″,”sourceName”:”CNN”,”sourceLink”:”https://www.cnn.com”,”videoCMSUrl”:”/video/data/3.0/video/politics/2018/12/07/rex-tillerson-trump-comments-cbs-orig-vstop-bdk.cnn/index.xml”,”videoId”:”politics/2018/12/07/rex-tillerson-trump-comments-cbs-orig-vstop-bdk.cnn”,”videoImage”:”//cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/181207121633-rex-tillerson-donald-trump-large-169.jpg”,”videoUrl”:”/videos/politics/2018/12/07/rex-tillerson-trump-comments-cbs-orig-vstop-bdk.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/”,”description”:”Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson opened up about his working relationship with Donald Trump during an event in Houston.”,”descriptionText”:”Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson 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